Ball crusher meaning

For the German band, see Cock and Ball Torture (band).
An assortment of chastity devices at Dore Alley Fair in 2011

Cock and ball torture (CBT), penis torture or dick torture is a sexual activity involving application of pain or constriction to the penis or testicles. This may involve directly painful activities, such as genital piercing, wax play, genital spanking, squeezing, ball-busting, genital flogging, urethral play, tickle torture, erotic electrostimulation, kneeing or kicking.[1] The recipient of such activities may receive direct physical pleasure via masochism, or emotional pleasure through erotic humiliation, or knowledge that the play is pleasing to a sadistic dominant. Many of these practices carry significant health risks.[2]

Similar to many other sexual activities, CBT can be performed using toys and devices to make the penis and testicles more easily accessible for attack, or for foreplay purposes.[3][4]

Ball stretcher

A metal ball stretcher and cock ring, which forces penis' erection.

A ball stretcher is a sex toy that is used to elongate the scrotum and provide a feeling of weight pulling the testicles away from the body. This can be particularly enjoyable for the wearer as it can make an orgasm more intense, as testicles are prevented from moving up. Intended to make one's testicles permanently hang much lower than before (if used regularly for extended periods of time), this sex toy can be potentially harmful to the male genitals as the circulation of blood can be easily cut off if over-tightened.

While leather stretchers are most common, other models consist of an assortment of steel rings that fastens with screws, causing additional but only mildly uncomfortable weight to the wearer's testicles. The length of the stretcher may vary from 1-4 inches.[5] A more dangerous type of ball stretcher can be home-made simply by wrapping rope or string around one's scrotum until it is eventually stretched to the desired length.

Ball crusher

A ball crusher is a device made from either metal or often clear acrylic that squeezes the testicles slowly by turning a nut or screw. How tight it is clamped depends on the pain tolerance of the person it is used on. A ball crusher is often combined with bondage, either with a partner or by oneself.

Parachute

A parachute is a small collar, usually made from leather, which fastens around the scrotum, and from which weights can be hung. It is conical in shape, with three or four short chains hanging beneath, to which weights can be attached.

Used as part of cock and ball torture within a BDSM relationship, the parachute provides a constant drag, and a squeezing effect on the testicles. Moderate weights of 3–5 kg can be suspended, especially during bondage, though occasionally much heavier weights are used. Smaller weights can be used when the male wearing it is free to move; the swinging effect of the weight can restrict sudden movements, as well as providing a visual stimulus for the dominant partner.

Humbler

Man with humbler

A humbler is a BDSM physical restraint device used to restrict the movement of a submissive male participant in a BDSM scene.

The humbler consists of a testicle cuff device that clamps around the base of the scrotum, mounted in the center of a bar that passes behind the thighs at the base of the buttocks. This forces the wearer to keep his legs folded forward, as any attempt to straighten the legs even slightly pulls hard on the scrotum, causing anything from considerable discomfort to extreme pain.

Testicle cuffs

A testicle cuff is a ring-shaped device around the scrotum between the body and the testicles which when closed does not allow the testicles to slide through it. A common type has two connected cuffs, one around the scrotum and the other around the base of the penis. They are just one of many devices to restrain the male genitalia. A standard padlock may also be locked around the scrotum; without the key it cannot be removed.

Some passive men enjoy the feeling of being "owned", while dominant individuals enjoy the sense of "owning" their partners. Requiring such a man wear testicle cuffs symbolizes that his sexual organs belong to his partner, who may be either male or female. There is a level of humiliation involved, by which they find sexual arousal. The cuffs may even form part of a sexual fetish of the wearer or his partner.

However, these are extreme uses of testicle cuffs. More conventionally, the device pulls down the testicles and keeps them there during stimulation, which has a number of benefits:

Making the penis appear longer. Pulling the testicles down and away from the base of the penis stretches the skin over the base of the penis and pubic bone, exposing the additional inch or so of penile shaft that is normally hidden from view.

Improving sexual arousal. While some men may be aroused by the feeling of being "owned", the physical feeling of stretching the ligaments that suspend the testicles has an effect similar to the more common practice of stretching one's legs and pointing the toes.

Preventing the testicles from lifting up so far that they become lodged under the skin immediately adjacent to the base of the penis, a condition which can be very uncomfortable, especially if the testicle is then squashed by the slap of skin during thrusting in sexual intercourse.

Delaying or intensifying ejaculation by preventing the testicles from rising normally to the "point of no return". It is much harder to reach an orgasm.

Cock harness

A cock harness is a penile sex toy designed to be worn around the penis and scrotum. Its function is similar to that of a cock ring. These devices are often associated with BDSM activities. The Gates of Hell is a male chastity device made up of multiple cock rings that can be used for CBT.[6] Kali's Teeth is a metal bracelet with interior spikes that closes around the penis and can be used for preventing or punishing erections.[7]

Ball busting

"Ball busting" is the practice of kicking or kneeing men in the testicles. It carries several medical risks, including the danger of testicular rupture from blunt trauma.

CBT in Japan

Tamakeri (???) (lit. ball kicking) is a sexual fetish and subgenre of BDSM within which a man's testicles are abused. The genre is also referred to as ballbusting ("bb" for short).[8][9] Tamakeri is the Japanese term, but it is used by many non-Japanese people to describe media where Asian people—mainly women—are participating in it. The dynamics of tamakeri consist of a masochist having their testicles hurt by a sadist.[10] The fetish is popular among heterosexual and homosexual men and women.[11] In hentai communities, it is often identified by either "tamakeri", or "crotch_kick".[12][13]

Denkianma (????) (lit. "electric massage") is a popular Japanese prank played between two people where one person puts their foot into the genital area of the other and shakes it in a vibrating motion.[14][15] Often this is done by grabbing the other person's feet, raising them, and then placing one's own foot on their crotch and vibrating it. This is often done between school aged boys as a prank similar to kancho and could be seen by a western audience as a type of bullying. In 2007 the crisps company Doritos released a new flavour of potato chip called "Denkianma".[16]

Safety

Loss of blood flow is one of the biggest risks in cock and ball torture (CBT), which can be seen with loss of color and edemas.[17] Bondage in which the testicles are tied to something else is especially dangerous, increasing the risk of the testicles getting damaged through excessive tension or pulling.

The most serious injuries are testicular rupture, testicular torsion and testicular avulsion, which are medical emergencies that require urgent medical attention.[18]

Urethral fingering is an example of CBT which needs special precautions, such as not having a sharp nail on the finger inserted inside penis. Image shows a woman doing urethral fingering.

A woman holding a bound man's penis applies electricity to his testicles at Folsom Street Fair.

A gagged man's penis and scrotum are pulled using a rope at Folsom Street Fair.

A dominatrix bites a gagged man's penis, while pulling and squeezing his testicles with her hand, at Folsom Street Fair.

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The Crusher Ball

In order to use the attack, Jeice concentrates a high amount of energy in his left hand and creates a mid-sized, red-colored energy sphere by turning his palm upward. Then, Jeice slams the sphere with his open right hand hurling the energy sphere towards the opponent, inflicting a high amount of damage.

Usage

Jeice was a pitcher in the Galactic Little League during his childhood, and it is there that he developed the Crusher Ball as his special technique.[9]

Jeice uses this attack once while fighting Goku on Namek. After swiftly evading Burter and Jeice's previous attacks, Burter suggests that Jeice uses the Crusher Ball as a distraction so Goku can leave his guard down. Jeice does so, however, Goku easily deflects the attack as if it were a beach ball.

Zarbon is capable of performing the Crusher Ball in Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Battle 22 and Dragon Ball Z: Shin Butoden, named Destructive Sphere in the English version of Ultimate Battle 22. Captain Ginyu uses it in Dragon Ball Z: Supersonic Warriors, and Jeice also uses it when summoned by Ginyu.

In Dragon Ball Xenoverse, it appears as Jeice's signature Super Skill and can be obtained as a Super Skill for the Future Warrior in Parallel Quest 12: "Fierce Battle! Ginyu Force". There is also a more powerful version called "Crusher Volcano" which is Jeice's signature Ultimate Skill and can also be obtained by the Future Warrior in Parallel Quest 18: "Return of the Ginyu Force".

In Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2, it returns as one of Jeice's Super Skills and can be obtained by the Future Warrior as a reward in Parallel Quest 34: "Return of the Ginyu Force!".

In Dragon Ball FighterZ, Jeice performs this attack when he's called in by Captain Ginyu.

Trivia

During the time Funimation started dubbing the series, it was called "Fire Ball". This was changed in the redub.

In Dragon Ball Xenoverse, when used by a Future Warrior with Male Voice Option 8 (which is actually the voice of Curtis Arnott/Takahata101, voice of TeamFourStar's Nappa from the Dragon Ball Z: Abridged online parody series) he will shout Space Australia which is both an in-joke and reference to DBZ: Abridged, as TFS's Jeice is from Space Australia (which is Australia in Space) which is parody of Jeice's Australian accent in the Funimation dub (TFS Jeice also has an Australian accent due to him being Space Australian).

Despite Jeice developing the Crusher Ball based on his time in the Galactic Little League, the way he performs the Crusher Ball is more akin to volleyball than baseball.

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I heard it on House of Cards, the American TV series. The Congressman says it during a political discussion:

I hate this small-ball crap!

What is its meaning and etymology?

2 Answers

It's not small ball-crap but small-ball crap.

A bit more context from the subtitles:

74 00:02:31,153 --> 00:02:32,904 I don't want to interrupt you, sir,

75 00:02:32,905 --> 00:02:34,196 but this is not just about Orrin.

76 00:02:34,197 --> 00:02:35,991 It's about the parents.

77 00:02:38,200 --> 00:02:39,619 Now, you think about the lawsuit.

78 00:02:41,245 --> 00:02:43,081 What happens if you have to testify?

79 00:02:43,082 --> 00:02:45,374 Subpoenas, depositions.

80 00:02:45,375 --> 00:02:47,167 You get dragged into a court battle,

81 00:02:47,168 --> 00:02:49,253 there is no education bill.

82 00:02:51,006 --> 00:02:52,632 We can't ignore this.

83 00:02:54,926 --> 00:02:57,095 I just hate this small-ball crap.

84 00:02:57,096 --> 00:03:00,807 d d [Theme]

From A Hand to Play with a House of Cards: On Netflix’s ‘House of Cards’ by Nathan Pinkoski:

The strangeness of American democracy (as de Tocqueville would tell us) is how it really rests in the small, local communities that are far from the high life of Washington. As a result, an American politician finds himself pulled between the complex world of national security, economy or social debates on the one hand and mundane local political squabbles on the other. One of the most effective episodes of House of Cards captures this divide brilliantly. Underwood, in the middle of his machinations to win the President’s support by becoming the leader on a controversial education bill and pushing it through despite the oppositions of the teachers’ unions, suddenly finds that an old opponent in his home district is trying to slander him. The issue? A young girl is killed in a car accident because rather than watching the road, she was looking at a water tower built to resemble a peach. But this water tower was something built through Underwood’s support, and the death of the girl allows his opponent to attempt to rally the community against Underwood. Thus Underwood has to leave his high-stakes negotiation for the sake of protecting his seat back home. “I hate this small-ball crap,” he says. But of course this is what makes or breaks a congressman, and the episode captures that divide between the great-ball and the small-ball politics magnificently.

I think small ball comes from baseball via poker. From Wikipedia:

In the sport of baseball, small ball is an informal term for an offensive strategy in which the batting team emphasizes placing runners on base and then advancing them into scoring position for a run in a deliberate, methodical way. This strategy places a high value on individual runs and attempts to score them without requiring extra base hits, or sometimes without base hits at all, instead using bases on balls, stolen bases, sacrifice bunt or sacrifice fly balls, the hit-and-run play, and aggressive baserunning with such plays as the contact play. A commonly used term for a run produced playing small ball is a "manufactured run". This style of play is more often found in National League game situations than in the American League due in large part to the absence of the designated hitter in the National League.

And in poker:

The term is also used in tournament poker. It means playing a wide range of hands and betting small amounts with them. The goal is to try to take a stab at small pots while keeping the money risked to a minimum, only building big pots with a very powerful hand. Most of the live tournament professionals use this style, and it is frequently linked to high stakes player Daniel Negreanu. Recently, the 'loose aggressive longball' style, inspired from Gus Hansen and Patrik Antonius, has been gaining popularity among the young "internet school" players. It involves playing the same range of hands as in the small-ball strategy and accumulating a high chip count in a similarly gradual manner but occasionally using the resulting leverage to build significant pots and force the opponents (mainly small ball practitioners) into tough decisions.

I think the congressman is referring to having to deal with many, lesser issues, when he'd rather be dealing with the big, interesting things.